Patents by Inventor Ronald Earl Shelton

Ronald Earl Shelton has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Wireless field devices having embedded device description data
    Patent number: 10812967
    Abstract: A method of automatically providing a device description (DD) file for a wireless field device wirelessly coupled at least in part to a wireless device manager (WDM) that is coupled to a process controller in a process control network of an industrial processing facility (IPF). The wireless field device is provided with a sensor or an actuator, a controller, a transceiver and antenna, and with the DD file embedded in its memory. Responsive to a triggering event, the WDM automatically sends a read request to the wireless field device for reading the DD file. Responsive to the read request, the wireless field device transmits DD data for the DD file to the WDM wirelessly across at least a portion of a path to the WDM. The WDM receives and uploads the DD file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventor: Ronald Earl Shelton
  • WIRELESS FIELD DEVICES HAVING EMBEDDED DEVICE DESCRIPTION DATA
    Publication number: 20190306699
    Abstract: A method of automatically providing a device description (DD) file for a wireless field device wirelessly coupled at least in part to a wireless device manager (WDM) that is coupled to a process controller in a process control network of an industrial processing facility (IPF). The wireless field device is provided with a sensor or an actuator, a controller, a transceiver and antenna, and with the DD file embedded in its memory. Responsive to a triggering event, the WDM automatically sends a read request to the wireless field device for reading the DD file. Responsive to the read request, the wireless field device transmits DD data for the DD file to the WDM wirelessly across at least a portion of a path to the WDM. The WDM receives and uploads the DD file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventor: Ronald Earl Shelton